While there are many skills that can help you achieve success in work and life, I’m sure that personal communication skills are among the most important ones you must have. There is a good reason for that: many other skills are only applicable to certain fields but personal communication skills are applicable to many fields. In fact, I believe that it’s applicable to all fields.
Just think about it: what field doesn’t require you to communicate with others? Whether you work as an architect, programmer, designer, medical doctor, lecturer, writer, or anything else, you always need to communicate with other people. You always need to understand others while at the same time make yourself understood by them.
Understanding and being understood may seem simple but it’s definitely not easy. There are many ways in which you can misunderstand others or be misunderstood by others. Even when both of you are talking about the same subject, differences in your background and point of view can make it difficult for both of you to understand each other. Things like this cause a lot of problems in work and life. There are a lot of problems occur in the workplace just because one person misunderstands someone else. There are also many problems in families because of misunderstanding.
Other than avoiding misunderstanding, personal communication skills also help you communicate your value to others. When you have an idea, you will be able to make others understand the value of your idea. When you have an opinion about something, you will be able to make them understand your point of view. There are many people who are great but aren’t recognized by others because they don’t have good personal communication skills. It’s like having a great car without knowing about its advanced features. You may think that it’s just an ordinary car unless someone informs you about the advanced features. Similarly, others won’t realize your high value unless someone informs them about it. And who else can inform them but you?
So investing in personal communication skills is essential. You need to learn how to express your thoughts in writing and speaking. You need to learn how to understand what other people are saying, not just explicitly but also implicitly. Building personal communication skills will take time, but it’s a worthy investment that will be greatly rewarding.
If everyone weren't so closed minded and ignorant this world would be a better place to live in. But because everyone has there own damn "opinion" it turns into war.. Riots begin and for what?? For nothing, but For the sake of keeping an open mind about things.. Society is an atrophy and it's only getting worse. No one cares anymore.. We should all go back to nomadic ways of living where everyone helped each other ya know? If the world ends, it'll be because of the people. It has nothing to do with an apocalypse. That's just my take on it.
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While there are many skills that can help you achieve success in work and life, I’m sure that personal communication skills are among the most important ones you must have. There is a good reason for that: many other skills are only applicable to certain fields but personal communication skills are applicable to many fields. In fact, I believe that it’s applicable to all fields.
Just think about it: what field doesn’t require you to communicate with others? Whether you work as an architect, programmer, designer, medical doctor, lecturer, writer, or anything else, you always need to communicate with other people. You always need to understand others while at the same time make yourself understood by them.
Understanding and being understood may seem simple but it’s definitely not easy. There are many ways in which you can misunderstand others or be misunderstood by others. Even when both of you are talking about the same subject, differences in your background and point of view can make it difficult for both of you to understand each other. Things like this cause a lot of problems in work and life. There are a lot of problems occur in the workplace just because one person misunderstands someone else. There are also many problems in families because of misunderstanding.
Other than avoiding misunderstanding, personal communication skills also help you communicate your value to others. When you have an idea, you will be able to make others understand the value of your idea. When you have an opinion about something, you will be able to make them understand your point of view. There are many people who are great but aren’t recognized by others because they don’t have good personal communication skills. It’s like having a great car without knowing about its advanced features. You may think that it’s just an ordinary car unless someone informs you about the advanced features. Similarly, others won’t realize your high value unless someone informs them about it. And who else can inform them but you?
So investing in personal communication skills is essential. You need to learn how to express your thoughts in writing and speaking. You need to learn how to understand what other people are saying, not just explicitly but also implicitly. Building personal communication skills will take time, but it’s a worthy investment that will be greatly rewarding.
If everyone weren't so closed minded and ignorant this world would be a better place to live in. But because everyone has there own damn "opinion" it turns into war.. Riots begin and for what?? For nothing, but For the sake of keeping an open mind about things.. Society is an atrophy and it's only getting worse. No one cares anymore.. We should all go back to nomadic ways of living where everyone helped each other ya know? If the world ends, it'll be because of the people. It has nothing to do with an apocalypse. That's just my take on it.